Geocoding catalogs
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This document discusses how to build an interactive map using library catalog data. It explains what geocoding is and how to geocode catalog records by associating them with locations. It provides steps for creating a spreadsheet with country, value, and catalog record URL links. This spreadsheet can then be pasted into a geocoding software to generate an interactive map. Considerations for mapping include catalog coverage, legal terms of service, and political implications of how countries/languages are represented. Resources for geocoding and mapping are also provided.
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Geocoding catalogs
- 1. GEOCODING CATALOGS How to Build a Simple, Interactive Access Point.
- 2. GEOCODING CATALOGS ① Library Catalogs & Discovery ② Geocoding: What is it? ③ UNC Library Map ④ How to Make a Map ⑤ Potential Applications ⑥ Legal Considerations ⑦ Political Considerations ⑧ Mapping Resources OUTLINE
- 3. Library Catalogs & Discovery “… Today, a large and growing number of students and scholars routinely bypass library catalogs in favor of other discovery tools” How can we synthesize and present content that is not related in the catalog? Calhoun, Karen S. "The changing nature of the catalog and its integration with other discovery tools." Library of Congress, 2006.
- 4. Geocoding: What is it? Geocoding The process of associating data with location. What Kind of Data? • Numbers • Text • Media • Almost Anything Geocoder Software that associates data with location. What Do You Mean by Location? • Latitude and Longitude • Street Addresses
- 7. How to Make a Map Step 1. Make a Spreadsheet 1. Country 2. Value 3. Link
- 8. How to Make a Map Step 2. Locate the Material in the Catalog & Copy the URL
- 9. Sustainable Queries Use: • Subject Headings • Format • Location • Language
- 10. How to Make a Map Step 3. Construct a Link <a href= “www.lib.unc.edu.etc…” target=blank_> Linking Word(s) </a> 1. Opening tag 2. URL you just copied 3. Location of New Page 4. Word that will show on the map 5. Closing tag <a href= “http://search.lib.unc.edu/search?pdims= 200043&Nty=1&more=200043&dims=20 6430&Ntk=Keyword&select=206430&acti on=or%3a206544%2ctrue&Ne=2+20004 3+206472+206590+11&N=0&Ntt=french +language” target=blank_> French </a> The Five Parts You’ll Need to Make One http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_links.asp
- 11. How to Make a Map Repeat Steps 1 - 3 for Each Country & ValueComplete Entry for 1 Country and 1 Value
- 12. How to Make a Map Step 4. Copy Spreadsheet, Paste into Geocoder
- 13. How to Make a Map
- 14. How to Make a Map
- 15. Imbed & Share a Map Batchgeo Email
- 16. Avoiding Confusion • Versioning • Documentation & Training
- 17. XML Wrapper
- 18. Additional Benefits Scalability: International Perspective or Local Focus Familiar Interface and Functionality
- 19. Potential Applications Map of Libraries on Campus Make Your Location(s) More Visible
- 20. Potential Applications Courtesy of Amanda Clarke Henley, GIS Librarian and Subject Librarian for Geography, UNC Chapel Hill Cardiovascular Disease and Income in North Carolina Support Your Curriculum
- 21. Legal Considerations Terms of Service Major Themes: • Branding Manipulation Don’t erase or obscure logos Don’t enlarge logos • Data Privacy Assume your data is public • Advertising Rights You are not in control of adds Some have paid opt-out features Links: • BatchGeo and Google Maps • ArcGIS • Social Explorer • Geocommons
- 22. Political Considerations What is a country? Palestine? Taiwan? Puerto Rico? Bermuda? Northern Ireland? Kosovo? Wales? Name of a Language Farsi vs. Persian Name of a Country Burma vs. Myanmar Refer to your catalog & represent all of your materials equally.
- 23. Mapping Resources • BatchGeo • ArcGIS Explorer Online • ArcGIS Explorer Online Help • Google Maps • Create My Maps (Google Maps tutorial) • Social Explorer • Social Explorer How-to Videos • Google Maps My Maps Help • GeoCommons
- 24. Questions? Contact Information: Shea Swauger Shea.swauger@colostate.edu Colorado State University
Editor's Notes
- Launched in January of 2013Produced by the Media Resources CenterRepresentative of all UNC libraries collectionsResources: Language Kits, Dictionaries, Travel Guidebooks, Online material, Movies in a particular language or associated with a country.
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- One case in which a public library loaded all their patron’s addresses into a geocoder to find the distribution of patron locations in order to choose the best location for a new library branch.
- ArcGIS Explorer Online used to make this map. Here is a map depicting Cardiovascular Disease and Income in North Carolina:(notethatyouwillneed to open the legend using the control on the leftside of the page) A map likethisis the end result of anexercise I designed with a professor in the GeographyDepartment. The studentswereundergraduates with no GIS experience. Because the online applicationdoes not have the option to geocode to countyboundaries, I preparedsome data in advance (lat/longcoordinates for countycentroids), but the rest was fairlystraightforward and could be done by someone with little to no GIS experience.